Direito à moradia e política habitacional: uma análise do Programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida para famílias de baixa renda

Abstract

The paper analyzes the housing projects of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida targeted to low income families. The goal is to understand if this program that mobilized significant financial resources and increased production of housing could realize the right to adequate housing, according to UN standards. According to international standards the housing to be adequate should include the following elements: cultural adaptation, habitability, accessibility, affordability, security of tenure, convenient location and availability of services, infrastructure and public facilities. Each of the elements was analyzed by reference to the municipality of Montes Claros / MG and two projects Track 1, Switzerland and New Santos Dumont, both located in the Independence neighborhood. Besides the interviews with residents of the sets, the relevant legislation it was established at the federal, state and local levels to understand the housing public policy from the perspective of impact on the lives of beneficiaries, access to services and urban infrastructure of the city and urban development.